“We Need to Talk”
As per my last post, I started thinking1. The reason that “we need to talk” creates such a sense of foreboding in the person listening is because it signifies a change in the conversation. Because, even if you’ve been talking…
Phrases that should never be said
“You can trust me.” — if you actually could trust them, you wouldn’t need to say that, now would you? “Can I kiss you?” — girls understand this a lot more than guys. Would that you could say it, but…
I knew if he kept at it, he’d come up with something of consequence
Quoth the Gabe: ‘you know who I hate? People who say “you know who I hate” then go on to describe an irrelevant characteristic or mannerism. That’s not a who, that’s a what! If you’re going to hate someone for…
‘Matters of Consequence’
*suspiro* Moofruot, you’ve done me in. I’ve never read anything deeper or more insightful… “A sheep–if it eats little bushes, does it eat flowers, too?” “A sheep,” I answered, “eats anything it finds in its reach.” “Even flowers that have…
Word Verification Goes On, Word Verification Goes Off
Hmm… I’ve been getting an awful lot of SPAM-like commenting. So far, I’ve refused to go to any of the websites listed on the count that real people wouldn’t put their website addresses up unless they just wanted hits and…
Avast, ye maties!
Ah, September 19th. A day of special significance to everyone in the world, but especially to me. You see, September 19th is the International Talk Like a Pirate Day. A day in which everyone around the world puts down their…
The Aftereffects of the Afterparty
Yeah, long live conception day. So it turns out that, after hanging around people I didn’t want to talk to, meeting and chasing people I did, and being ignored or overly attended by everyone else, I finally finished Conception Day.…
What a Concept (ion day)!
Everything in Australia is named after Lachlan Macquarie (Lah-klan M-k-Worry). I emphasize this. There’s a Macquarie Park, a Macquarie Lake, a Macquarie University, a Macquarie Suburb, a Macquarie Island, and probably even an I Can’t Believe It’s Not Macquarie spread.…
Tao of Gabe: On Illusions
Tao of Gabe Gabe the Noumenal Beaver here to give you a lesson in coping. See, this semester I lost all government help for my education so I moved in with a trio of loveable, if flawed, human beings. Stop…
Psyche!!
Huzzah! I found two psychological textbooks yesterday: Social Psychology and Personality.I stress the Psychology part of Social Psychology. It’s not Sociology. Sociology sucks and you will never hear me say any different (unless I’m making up my own definition of…
The Dyslexic’s Worst Nightmare
So I’m coming up with my own language now. I finally grew tired of seeing all the stupid letter shapes we have to deal with (j, s, e, f, g, et cetera), and decided to design my own alphabet. Every…
Please, hold the tongue of arrogant ignorance
Don’t you just hate it when you write a beautiful piece of work and somebody else gets all the credit? Eh, Drew? What do you think of that? Wouldn’t that suck if it happened to you?
This Means Administrative Business
So Seth pwned me. He’s at 5000 while I’m at a lowly 4100. You know what this means, don’t you? 1: Project? That’s right, Pinky, it’s time for Web Sweeps. The goal is to get up to 5000 hits by…
RE: Adding Humour to Lachlan
Thanks for the email Gabe, I’m reading bits of your website as I get the chance. Are you a Mac student? Word length for articles – full page 600 words – half page is half that. Karl.
Nerd Hecklers
snarkage: Here’s a concept I’d like to see more of: Nerd Hecklers. Imagine a motivational speaker going to a Uni and having nerds shout out random (or stastically inconsequential) comments like, “Your mom and I did the 1000101!” or “The…
The Unforgiving Outback
Wow. They finally reached Cooper’s Creek on April 21, only to find the camp abandoned. There was a message cut into a tree “DIG 3 FEET N.W.”. They did so, and found some supplies, and a letter explaining that the…
The irony is in the chalk
Do you want a quick, ten-second lesson in patience?
Nostalgia for Posts Past
Am I the only one that gets radical enjoyment out of going through my archives? I mean, I’ve written some pretty radical stuff. Never mind that the things I seem to prefer are always the things that get 0 to…